The G2 interviewJay McInerneyInterviewJay McInerney: 'You can only blow up your life so many times before it becomes ridiculous'Emma BrockesWith Bright Lights, Big City, the novelist established himself as the chronicler of New York’s hedonistic 80s elite. Thirty years later, he is railing against Trump but fascinated with wealth – though his friendship with Bret Easton Ellis is flagging It is more than 30 years since Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney’s first and most famous novel was published, and everything and nothing has changed.

Classical musicObituaryJennifer Bate obituaryVirtuoso organist who was a leading exponent of the music of Olivier Messiaen The organist Jennifer Bate, who has died aged 75 from cancer, was a leading exponent of the music of Olivier Messiaen. They met in 1975, when the composer and his wife, Yvonne Loriod, went to hear her play his music at St James’s, Muswell Hill, north London. Afterwards he asked her if she had heard his own recordings.

Mohammed Salim Patel with Digby and the animal’s trainer, Katy Smith. Photograph: Lancashire Telegraph/SWNS.comMohammed Salim Patel with Digby and the animal’s trainer, Katy Smith. Photograph: Lancashire Telegraph/SWNS.comShortcutsAnimalsAn American miniature horse is training to become a faithful assistant to a visually impaired man from Lancashire – and causing quite a stir on the streets of Blackburn Mohammed Salim Patel knew he was causing a stir in Blackburn market on Monday because he could hear it.

SEMANTIC ENIGMASThe French for an eye is "un oeiul" but the plural is "les yeux": I can't think of any other instance, either in English or any other language, where a plural bears absolutely no similarity to the singular. Can anyone else? Sean Doherty, Derry Ireland This is known as suppletion, and is fairly common in English with verb changes (e.g. I go but I went). A commonly cited plural example is the Russian for person (chelovek singular --> lyudi plural).

Bangladesh This article is more than 12 years oldBangladeshi family tells of grief over girl whipped to deathThis article is more than 12 years oldActivists call for end to use of religious justice after teenager diesIt was a chance meeting next to the palm tree just yards from her bedroom that led to a 14-year-old girl being whipped to death in this tiny village about 40 miles south of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.